January 31, 2011

"... the Green Bay Packers rhythm passer who gets the ball out quickly so his receivers can make big plays after the catch. Rodgers spun out of four potential sacks in a 48-21 divisional demolition of the Atlanta Falcons, throwing darts while smoothly gliding to his right and left. Roethlisberger? He shrugs off would-be tacklers as if slipping out of an overcoat. Rodgers plays with a clock ticking inside his head required of a West Coast quarterback. Roethlisberger heeds his own clock, using his rugged athleticism to buy time to hit receivers while he does his improvisational thing, defying defenders with pump fakes and unique, tackle-breaking strength."

I see that later in the article, BR is peeved that he's not listed with the elite quarterbacks of the League.

Blame yourself BR, for getting charged with rape. That runs counter to the NFL's Public Relations. (Believe it or not).

I like that the Packers knocked out the Dog Killer from the Super Bowl. Now if they knock the alleged rapist from winning the Super Bowl, they'll have done the NFL a favor with respect to public relations.

My football player son wants the Steelers to lose just for that reason. I want the Steelers to lose because I like Green Bay.

Roethlisberger is one of the bigger QBs in the NFL which is how he's able to have such a physical style. He's paid the price a few times though.

He also has to be one of the stupidest off the field players in the NFL with his motorcyle wreck, alleged rape and other problems I believe. It's not that hard to keep your hands to yourself and enjoy making millions of dollars playing football.

I like that the Packers knocked out the Dog Killer from the Super Bowl. Now if they knock the alleged rapist from winning the Super Bowl, they'll have done the NFL a favor with respect to public relations.

Football players are supposed to be bad guys.

Remember the old Oakland Raiders?

Let he who is without sin cast the first go route.

What a boring world it will be when football players go PC and legit. Evidently, that is the plan. Exhibit A... hire strippers and bottle blonds and insist that they "interview" half naked football players in the locker room.

but why are so few of the left-leaning commetariat, here and elsewhere, football fans?

It’s violent, Phallicentric and competitive……the owners AND players are RICH…the fans are the boob-a-teriate, many ethnic whites…it’s only saving grace is that many of the workers are People of Colour, but they’re male and rich and that detracts from their appeal…further SOCCER is the game of Europeans, so the Lefties prefer “futbol” to football.

What makes Roethlisberger a great quarterback is that he plays on a team with a great defense so he's never called upon to score a lot of points. Terry Bradshaw was another Steelers quarterback that was great for the same reason.

By the way, the "pocket" is another one of those feminine things in football... along with touching and tossing down a hankie. It's so adorable: a man in a pocket. It's like Keith Richards's pet mouse Gladys.

By the way, the "pocket" is another one of those feminine things in football... along with touching and tossing down a hankie. It's so adorable: a man in a pocket.

Sacrilege. Blaspheme. Heretic.

As a former QB myself, there was a very real, very tactile, and at times, very scary reality to that pocket of space either holding or collapsing like a flan in a cupboard. It's weird, but you just KNOW when it's falling apart, even though, looking at the game film later, there's no possible way you could have seen that linebacker coming at you from behind. Footsteps don't count either...too loud most of the time.

I saw a comparison of Rodgers vs Rothblahblahblah completion percentage in the playoffs. Rodgers was north of 60%. Rothblahblahblah was below 30%. His passer rating was dismal.

And YET, the man is in the Play-offs…plus when the chips are down and you need, not just want, but absolutely NEED to make a critical play, 3rd down and 6, the Jets are on the move with Momentum, who do you give the ball to…That’s right Big Ben….He may not be Mr. “Efficiency” but he’s the go-to guy for the critical play….The Steeler Defense is faltering, Sanchez is moving the ball…they have time to score and win the game…who CRUSHES THOSE NY BUMS, DREAMS?! Roethlisberger! Like I say, Belichik and Brady OUGHT to be in the Super Bowl, but give the Steelers their due.

Yes, and I'll bet a line of women stretching around the block is still fighting to get pounded in bed by OJ.

Now, you want to get all legal on me. The rape hysteria invented by feminists was an atrocity. All deranged political movements invent rape hysterias, for the obvious reasons.

Football players are big, tough, short tempered, muscular, over supplied with testosterone and, often, none too bright. Many of them have borderline criminal records, because football appeals to men who like to fight.

Some women (in fact a lot of women) love this type of man.

No amount of legislation or feminist raving will cause these women not to love this type of man.

So, despite your chivalry, there will always be a line of groupies waiting outside the locker room, and those groupies will want to do things that strike you as somewhere between odd and detestable.

I can't help recalling though, when Julian Assange was accused of rape, Michael Moore called the allegation a "lot of hooey" - which got translated in the right-wing blogosphere as, "Michael Moore doesn't think rape is a serious offense."

Another odd thing about football... for all this comparison of quarterbacks: The quarterbacks never even go on the field at the same time. It's not like boxing or tennis where 2 guys go head-to-head. It's the complete opposite. It's like there 2 different games vying to get played in the same place and time. Rodgers is in one game with his guys and his opponents, and Rothblahblahblah is in the other with his guys and his opponents. What other sport is like that? Don't say baseball.

MadMan...You sure are legalistic this morning. Are you converting to Islam too? The shame of it all...some pitbulls were dogfighting and one drunk co-ed out to pick up a guy at a bar got screwed. Around here those are just life. The new Female NFL would shun these two men, but you are man...!

Professor, you could always think of the Touch Down in the end zone as a gang of men who as a team score on the sacred female space between the goal posts/legs to the cheers of a chosen set of volunteer temple prostitutes. Then the extra point is awarded to the studs who men can still quickly get it up beteween the legs for a second time.

You Packer fans will be begging Favre to come out of retirement after you watch Rodgers in the Super Bowl.

The reason Favre was cut free was because everyone knew seeing Rodgers on the practice field was already better than #4. Favre knew it as well, so he did what many insecure jilted lovers did. Go and date the ex-girlfriend's friend to make them jealous. Haha. Awesome year you had there Favre. That turned out well.

Gymnastics isn't the answer. People just take turns. You don't have 4 different teams, 2 on each side, taking turns being the offensive/defensive combination, where the main player from each team never confronts the other guy. They could be playing in different stadiums!

Under the college and professional levels, though, AA, the people on each side of the ball are usually the same people. QB's in high school are less likely to ironman than most, but it still happens in smaller schools.

In college and the pros, though, you could expand the thought to 3 teams versus 3 teams. The special teams (punt, kickoff, field goal) are usually not the guys on offense and defense.

Most sports, especially all those in the hockey/basketball/soccer type (endless action with nets as goals) are a series of one-on-one actions. Football is one of the only, if not the only, sport that requires the entire team to commit it's one-on-one simultaneously.

@PaulIV: I disagree. I went back and watched the 2nd half. His production was off the whole second half (the Peppers hit was at the beginning of the 4th quarter). The Bears get paid to play too, and their defense stiffened in the 2nd half. I saw no indication that Rodgers was impaired after the hit.

McCarthy did get conservative in his play calling as the game progressed.

I'd put Rodgers down at 5, after Brady, Manning, Brees, Roethlisberger. The others have been to the big game and have proven themselves over time.

Also, Rivers doesn't belong on this list. He puts up huge numbers, but they're garbage numbers. When does he make the big play when it really counts? Pretty rarely. Most of the time he's racking up 300-400 yards on garbage teams.

There will be one other quarterback on the field Sunday that often determines the games: Hines Ward. Hines is from Atlanta and played QB at Georgia. He's a really great guy, unless you are on the other team.

It's 259 miles to Lambeau Field from my house. So far this month, I've put enough miles on my treadmill to have walked there. Only 28 days in February. I'll have to pick up the pace to put on enough miles to walk back.